Talk about positive outcomes!
It pays to have friends on PCORI’s Methodology Committee. Five of the seven grantees selected for PCORI funding are directly affiliated with members of that panel. In dollar terms its even more lopsided. Of the $799,524 awarded, $721,940 went to institutions with direct representation on the conclave.
If those committee seats are pro bono somebody should ask -- Cui bono?
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